Daily Pivot Alert

[dunveganroad]

Is there any way I can be alerted as to when a stock crosses up thru or down thru its daily pivot line? I use a 5 min. chart with the pivot line drawn on it. I follow about 100 stocks and would like to be alerted when the price crosses the daily pivot liner.
Thanks.

[buzzhorton]

This should do the trick:

/******************************************************************************************
Copyright © eSignal, a division of Interactive Data Corporation. 2005. All rights reserved.
This sample eSignal Formula Script (EFS) may be modified and saved under a new filename;   
however, eSignal is no longer responsible for the functionality once modified.             
eSignal reserves the right to modify and overwrite this EFS file with each new release.    
@version 3.0 by Alexis Montenegro for eSignal                                              
*******************************************************************************************/

function preMain() {
    setPriceStudy(true);
    setStudyTitle("Pivot Points");
    setCursorLabelName("PP-R2", 0);
    setCursorLabelName("PP-R1", 1);
    setCursorLabelName("PP", 2);
    setCursorLabelName("PP-S1", 3);
    setCursorLabelName("PP-S2", 4);
    // R2
    setDefaultBarStyle(PS_DASH, 0);
    setDefaultBarFgColor(Color.RGB(255,0,0), 0);
    setDefaultBarThickness(2, 0);
    // R1
    setDefaultBarStyle(PS_DOT, 1);
    setDefaultBarFgColor(Color.RGB(0,0,255), 1);
    setDefaultBarThickness(1, 1);   
    // Pivot  Point
    setDefaultBarStyle(PS_SOLID, 2);
    setDefaultBarFgColor(Color.RGB(0,0,0), 2);
    setDefaultBarThickness(1, 2);
    // S1
    setDefaultBarStyle(PS_DOT, 3);
    setDefaultBarFgColor(Color.RGB(0,0,255), 3);
    setDefaultBarThickness(1, 3);
    // S2
    setDefaultBarStyle(PS_DASH, 4);
    setDefaultBarFgColor(Color.RGB(255,0,0), 4);
    setDefaultBarThickness(2, 4);
}

var bInit = false;
var xHigh  = null;
var xLow   = null;
var xClose = null; 
var vPP = null;
var vR1 = null;
var vS1 = null;
var vR2 = null;
var vS2 = null;  

function main() {

    if(isMonthly() || isWeekly())
    return;
    
    if(bInit == false){
        xHigh  = high(inv("D"));
        xLow   = low(inv("D"));
        xClose = close(inv("D")); 
        bInit = true;
    }
    
    var vHigh  = xHigh.getValue(-1);
    var vLow   = xLow.getValue(-1);
    var vClose = xClose.getValue(-1); 
    if(vHigh == null || vLow == null || vClose == null)
    return;
    
    vPP = (vHigh+vLow+vClose)/3;
    vR1 = 2*vPP-vLow;
    vS1 = 2*vPP-vHigh;
    vR2 = (vPP-vS1)+vR1;
    vS2 = vPP-(vR1-vS1);  
    

xPP = formatPriceNumber( vPP ) *1   ;

if( xPP == close(0) ) {
        Alert.addToList(getSymbol(), xPP +" PP", Color.black, Color.magenta);
        Alert.playSound("chime.wav");
        }

xR1 = formatPriceNumber( vR1 ) *1   ;

if( xR1 == close(0) ) {
        Alert.addToList(getSymbol(), xR1 +" R1", Color.black, Color.magenta);
        Alert.playSound("chime.wav");
        }

xR2 = formatPriceNumber( vR2 ) *1   ;

if( xR2 == close(0) ) {
        Alert.addToList(getSymbol(), xR2 +" R2", Color.black, Color.magenta);
        Alert.playSound("chime.wav");
        }

xS1 = formatPriceNumber( vS1 ) *1   ;

if( xS1 == close(0) ) {
        Alert.addToList(getSymbol(), xS1 +" S1", Color.black, Color.magenta);
        Alert.playSound("chime.wav");
        }

xS2 = formatPriceNumber( vS2 ) *1   ;

if( xS2 == close(0) ) {
        Alert.addToList(getSymbol(), xS2 +" S2", Color.black, Color.magenta);
        Alert.playSound("chime.wav");
        }

    return new Array(vR2, vR1, vPP, vS1, vS2);
} 

MAY ALL YOUR FILLS BE COMPLETE.

[dunveganroad]

sorry to bother you again, but can you tell me how to convert the php code into efs format?
i called the help desk at esignal and they do not help with this issue.

[ACM]

dunveganroad
Just copy the code that is contained inside the PHP box and paste it in the Formula Editor window (to open the Formula Editor window select Tools-> EFS-> Editor... from the main menu of eSignal). Then save the script in Formulas (or one of its subfolders) assigning it a name of your choice
Alex

[dloomis]

The code inside the PHP box is efs code, simply copy it into the efs editor and save it. Then add it to the chart.

[dunveganroad]

Thanks, folks.